SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Iridium-7
Launched
July 25, 2018
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Iridium-7 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on July 25, 2018. It was SpaceX's 66th launch, 14th this year and humanity's 5,767th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight. Booster B1048 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Iridium Next SV160, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 617 × 631 km orbit inclined 86.7°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Iridium-7 NEXT MissionSpaceX
- Booster
- B1048 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 244 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flightSpaceX's 66th launch14th this yearhumanity's 5,767th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Iridium Next SV160 · NORAD 43569 · 2018-061 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2018-061A
- Epoch
- 2018-07-25 19:08:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.840065 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001022
- Inclination
- 86.6763°
- Ascending node
- 181.7071°
- Arg. of perigee
- 239.4935°
- Mean anomaly
- 120.5415°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 10 payloads; 10 still in orbit
- Iridium Next SV160 · NORAD 43569 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV166 · NORAD 43570 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV158 · NORAD 43571 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV165 · NORAD 43572 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV155 · NORAD 43573 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV154 · NORAD 43574 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV163 · NORAD 43575 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV156 · NORAD 43576 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV164 · NORAD 43577 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV159 · NORAD 43578 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver 10 satellites to low Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications. This is the seventh set of 10 satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
79th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 4th this year · 680th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
63 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Iridium-7 launch?
Iridium-7 launched on July 25, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Iridium-7?
Coverage: Iridium-7 NEXT Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Iridium-7?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Iridium-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1048 flew for the 1st time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Iridium-7 reach?
Iridium Next SV160, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 617 × 631 km orbit inclined 86.7°.
How many satellites did Iridium-7 launch?
10 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 10 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Iridium-7 part of?
Iridium Constellation. About Iridium Constellation